Men who allegedly stole cash, copper piping, tools and car batteries in a series of Greater Pittston area burglaries over the past two months were arraigned Saturday, police said. Shawn Lawless, 29, of Allentown and Justin Andrews, 33, of Pittston were ap
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A former anti-crime activist who fathered six children with a girl he began sexually assaulting at the age of 15 has been sentenced to four and a half to nine years in prison, according to court records. John Dehart, 46, formerly of Hanover Township, plea
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Fire gutted a trailer in Exeter Township on Friday morning after a family pet knocked over a heat lamp. Tom Krastag, 45, said he had been using an electric heat lamp on the front porch of his trailer at 51 Gashi Road to keep his dog, Chase, warm. He said
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A group of 48 professionals from various careers who make up Leadership Wilkes-Barre’s Class of 2015 have divided up into six teams to complete six major community projects. The projects include helping to raise money to complete construction for the KISS
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PLAINS TWP. — It’s tough out there for job seekers, said Gregg Davis, as he sat at a table in Mohegan Sun Pocono on Monday and filled out a job application for Cornell Iron Works in the Crestwood Industrial Park in Wright Twp.
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Last week’s Local History highlighted West Wyoming native Jesse Carey, who skated into the history books in a 24-hour international roller skating competition held in Paris over the Christmas holiday in 1911.
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DUNMORE — Police in Rice Twp., Luzerne County, are collaborating with the Dunmore Police Department to find two men they believe burglarized a home in Mountaintop and stole a Honda Pilot SUV on Feb. 18.
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n Harrisburg: Young Pennsylvanians interested in pursuing environmental careers are invited to apply by April 15 for the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ summer residential camp, DCNR Acting Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said in a pres
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BLOOMSBURG - North Schuylkill two-way lineman Nate Gadinski is one of 26 student-athletes Bloomsburg University's football program has announced as its 2015 recruiting class.
"We are very excited about this class of student-athletes," Bloomsburg head coa
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It’s March and that means it’s time for the Crestwood School District and Mountain Top Relay for Life Seventh Annual Hoops for Hope, an event that has become a rite of spring in Mountain Top. This year, it will be held Tuesday, March 24, in the Crestwood
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The state Department of Transportation is taking a close look at conditions on Route 309 just south of Laurel Run Road in Hanover Township in an effort to figure out the cause of numerous accidents in that area. State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-121, told
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Rice Township supervisors aren’t happy with the Luzerne County Office of Community Development’s decision regarding the township’s application for funding of its community survey. The supervisors had requested $75,000 in community development funds to be
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Officials in Fairview and Wright Townships are moving forward with their plan to implement a permit system for use of the Mountain Top Council of Governments composting facility in the Crestwood Industrial Park. Starting this year, only residents of Wrigh
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